Stable, flexible and easy to use, WordPress is an obvious choice for those who blog for a living or just want to keep their family up-to-date on what they've been up to on the other side of the country. With a multitude of plug-in options, themes and the ability to host your published blog on WordPress' servers or one of your own choosing, the platform is nothing but win for writers who want to get their content online quickly and with a minimal amount of fuss. The latest update of the app--version 2.6--introduces the ability to record video on your iPhone or video-equipped iPod touch, and then upload it to a WordPress blog. Now that's classy.

Valve released a new teaser trailer for "The Sacrifice" for both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, which should be available for the Mac sometime next week. Both will be seperate downloadable content, with Left 4 Dead 2 receiving an extra "No Mercy" campaign from its predecessor. Read on for a look at the trailer.

This week's tips will show you how to reverse some of the weird changes Apple made to iTunes 10, how to use Apple's 10W iPad power adapter more effectively, share the music on your iPhone at your friend's party, and how to delete files in File Sharing on your iPad.

Instead of creating a show based on what we think you want, we've decided to create a show with you. Your input is important for the show and we'll be adjusting the format of it based on what we learn from these first episodes and your feedback. If you can't watch the live stream, don't worry, we'll post the video in this article when we're done.

Using our bright and shiny Apple gear to navigate the web, it’s easy to think the Internet is all LOL Cats and sunshine, and that everyone who interacts with our social-networking profiles and other online presences really is our friend. Sadly, that’s not always the case. Depending on what you share online, where you share it, and how you control it, people who may not have your best interests at heart can find out an awful lot about your life--and potentially use that information against you.

Calling all Team Fortress 2 players! And we know there's plenty of you out there because you've managed to kick our butts--repeatedly--in Frag the Editor Friday quite a few times now. Valve has released a new online store, caleed Mann-conomy, that will allow players to buy, trade and customize a ton of inventory items in the game's history, using their Steam Wallets. The Steam Wallets will be accounts that players can add money to--sort of like a gift card.

If you're an Apple purist that laments the fact that wearing a pair of the company's iconic white earbuds in public could grab a mugger's attention and lead to a nasty thrashing, we've got great news for you: Universal Designs is offering replicas of Batman's belt from The Dark Knight that come complete with a holster for your iPhone or iPod. It's a sure bet that wearing this baby out in public will guarantee you'll never have to worry about being rolled for your precious Apple products again. After all why would any self-respecting criminal want to beat someone to within an inch of their lives for a portable media device when they could be beating them for wearing superhero memorabilia. I mean, come on--even criminals have priorities.

Sooner or later, everything ends up on eBay. A human kidney? Check. A walk-on part in an Ally McBeal episode? Check. A grilled cheese sandwich with the face of the Virgin Mary scorched onto the bread? Check. The Mac Museum of Franklin Park, New Jersey? You'd better believe it. The private museum's collection of insanely awesome Apple memorabilia is up for grabs on the venerable auction site. What could be better?

Verizon Wireless started its new Trade-In Program today, allowing you to send in your old device to score a Verizon Wireless gift card for the amount of the appraised device. And oddly enough, they are accepting iPhones as a part of this trade-in program, too. This means you to send in your iPhone 4 32GB model and get $212 gift card.

If there’s one thing hackers love more than anything, it’s a new device to perform their trickery upon -- and this week, the focus appears to be on Apple’s refreshed Apple TV box, which appears to be possibly more hacker-friendly than the original version thanks to its iOS roots.

If you don’t have any friends with a FaceTime-equipped device but still want to enjoy mobile video calling, there’s a new option that’s just hit the App Store in the form of Tango, available for both iOS as well as Android.

We already know that iOS 4.2 will bring a veritable bounty of goodies to our beloved iPads come November, but a new discovery in the second beta version reveals that Internet tethering may also be on deck -- at least for those outside of the U.S.

We all know about the iPad's surging popularity, and how eReaders are starting to become the trend. But ever wondered the demographics of who uses these up and coming devices? Nielsen Company dug into that very topic of discussion.